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So Which Song on Carly Rae Jepsen's New Album Kiss Is Her Next "Call Me Maybe?" We Rate!

Let me be clear: I didn't think I would like Carly Rae Jepsen's eagerly-awaited worldwide debut album, Kiss, which came out yesterday. (Thank. God. Now everybody can stop waiting and eagerly purchase it.)

But, well, I do. These songs are practically dying for me to love them. I just feel like I...shouldn't. Ya know? In fact, everything in my being wants to hate it, especially considering that the album isn't mind-blowingly remarkable.

However, as a lifelong pop music aficionado, it's my duty to give credit where it's due: with Kiss, CRJ and her producers (usual suspects like Max Martin, Dallas Austin, etc.) have made a wily bunch of songs highly listenable, functional, and dare I say, effective. This has the potential to be obnoxiously stuck on my iPod/in my cerebral cortex 4 life.

BUT: as squealworthy as Corgi Rae's version of that song-that-needs-no-introduction was, and as saccharinely feel-good as the song itself still is, I got to a point where I dreaded hearing it. (You know you did at some point too, so don't even sit there and lie.) Just as much as I'm betting that a small part of CRJ's soul dies when people ask her about that song's mass-appeal, which is basically all the time (or at least, every interview I've read).

Naturally, there's a certain pressure artists with mega-hits face to avoid the dreaded One-Hit Wonder Purgatory. Thankfully, this is a hell I don't think CRJ will have to face. Because for one, she's in our October issue, and it can be fact-checked that she is as cute, charming, and harmless as her music. (Consider this: At age 26, could CRJ possibly be setting a standard for a wiser, New Age-y pop star without diva antics, or as a Washington Post reviewer put it: without excessive "sex, danger, or madness?")

Nothing on Kiss has the headrush immediacy everywhere-ness of "CMM," but again, there are some standouts. We're placing our bets on the best four, in order of well wishes. No pun intended.

FOUR wishes in a well for "Curiosity": This song has a nearly-Swedish electro-disco throb that nicely paces CRJ's lyrics about a boy she wants to get with. There are also about 10 million hooks here, and all of them are perfect. And a random, but awesome, key change!

THREE wishes in a well for "Tiny Little Bows": This track, with its whimsical arrangement, reminds me of ABBA. Points for more Swedish appropriation! More points for how CRJ refers to her beaus by their different area codes (NYC, London, Paris). #pimpstatus

TWO wishes in a well for "This Kiss": It's her current single here to save us at least momentarily, and we love the longing in CRJ's voice when she sings "Something so sentimental/You make me so detrimental." How's that for a catchy lyric? Live footage from Ellen, below if you're into that sort of thing:

ONE wish in a well for "Beautiful": Y'all already know my views on the Biebs (who, if ya didn't know, is partially responsible for CRJ's meteoric rise), but this a duet with him, and it's a cutesy, nearly Jason Mraz-y take on One Direction's "That's What Makes You Beautiful." It doesn't lose points for this, but it's "d'awwwww" factor is extremely high, which could be nauseating if you're lactose intolerant allergic to excessive cheese cuteness.

What do y'all think of Carly Rae's Kiss, darlings? Massive hit potential: yay or nay? Which tracks would you make wishes in the well for?